Dag Wilko, Wilko Bulte schreef:
>> - alcohol (95%) > Ethanol or ? > Keep in mind that denatured alcohol either contains methanol > (bad for plastics) or Ethanol: the one that can cause a hangover, without getting blind. >> - aceton > If you have very dirty *metal-only* parts this works wonders. Keep > it far away from plastics. OK! >> - ammoniak (concentrated) > Never used that on cameras. It's also capable of dissolving grease and oil, but very hard to use in concentrated form. And when it's dissolved in water, that may cause stains from residu, I guess... >> What should I use (or should certainly not use) to >> - remove oil from metal parts (lighter fluid - got that :-)) > "wasbenzine" as we call it in NL works fine (is that the same name > in Belgium?) Yes, that's it. Took me a while to find out what I had to look for, but the name explains a lot. >> - remove grease from metal parts (same??) > Yup. >> - remove oil/grease from coated lenses > Eh... I use ethanol for those, but better not get grease on the > glass to start with :-) >> - clean up metal body (painted or chrome) >> - clean up plastic body >> - clean up leatherette >> - clean up rubber parts > I use plain pure ethanol for these 4, works fine sofar. OK, now I'm going to print this mail and put it somewhere close to my camera's for reference. Thanks all! Groeten, Vic -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

